Rimes for Decoding and Spelling
What are rimes?
“Rimes” are letters that come after the “onset.” The onset is the initial consonant sound or blend, such as b- in bag, sw- in swim, that changes the meaning of a word. The rime is the vowel and the rest of the syllable that follows. For example, the rime for bag is -ag, and for swim is -im. Rimes are powerful in helping children read and spell because they are easier to learn than individual vowel sounds, and the patterns remain constant.
When we are stuck on a word, one decoding strategy we use is to look for “chunks” to sound the word out. Well, here are 311 chunks!
Rimes teach children about word families, laying the foundation for decoding skills and future spelling strategies. Start teaching your child to read and spell what is in red because. . .
CLICK LINK BELOW for 500 primary-grade words that can be made from the following set of 37 rimes (in red).
Rimes for Decoding and Spelling
Black ~ Do 1st
Pink ~ Do 2nd
Blue ~ Do 3rd
100s of Worksheets for Each Rime
Copyright 06/04/2012
Edited on 03/14/2024